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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 15: Contracting by Negotiation › Subpart 15.5

FAR 15.502 Applicability.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section states that the subpart applies to competitive proposals and combinations of competitive procedures. It also says that certain procedures should be followed, with reasonable modification, for sole source acquisitions and acquisitions described in 6.102(d)(1) and (2).

Applies to: Competitive proposals and certain sole source acquisitions

Key terms: competitive proposals · competitive procedures · sole source acquisitions · reasonable modification

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

This subpart applies to competitive proposals, as described in 6.102(b), and a combination of competitive procedures, as described in 6.102(c). The procedures in 15.504, 15.506, 15.507, 15.508, and 15.509, with reasonable modification, should be followed for sole source acquisitions and acquisitions described in 6.102(d)(1) and (2).

Sections it refers to

  • 6.102 Use of competitive procedures.
  • 15.504 Award to successful offeror.
  • 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
  • 15.507 Protests against award.
  • 15.508 Discovery of mistakes.
  • 15.509 Forms.

← 15.501 Definition. · 15.503 Notifications to unsuccessful offerors. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 15

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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